Asian Domain Names (.jp, .cn, .hk, .tw, .kr)
population and technology lead, Asia sees strong decline in web
(China) domains in top 500
(Japan) domains in top 500
all of the Japanese domains in the top 500 have a parabolic
domains showed strong gains from July 2004 to July 2005,
peaking at 32 top 500 websites. However, the tides turned
by Jan 2006, reversing much of the progress (down to 18
retains several prominent upper-tier sites. Although their
rank has been fairly stable, there is slight parabolic
(Hong Kong) domains in top 500
Kong suffered a big bust period from July 2004 to Jan 2006,
surrendering much of it's prominence in the top 500 (including
five top 100 spots)
number of sites rebounded in July 2006, but most gains were
reversed by Jan 2007.
Hong Kong sported about a dozen top 500 web sites in Feb
2005. By Jan 2007, only three sites remained on the list.
(Taiwan) domains in top 500
domains are fairly stable.
was a small boom/bust period in 2006.
(Korea) domains in top 500
Korea has seen almost all of its top sites fall from the
seven top 500 sites in July 2004, Korea now only has one.
visualization is segmented by six lines, which represent dates approximately
six months apart. The first line is July 2004 and the final line
is January 2007. Web sites are ordered along each of these axes
according to their traffic rank. The site at the top is the most
visited web site on the internet, while the site at the bottom is
the 500th most visited. Movement in rank is visualized by colored
lines. Positive movement is shown in green while negative movement
is shown in red. The saturation of the color is proportional to
the intensity of the change. Neutral (horizontal) movement is rendered
in brown. If a web site enterers or leaves the top 500 list, its
line is shown starting or ending at the bottom of the graph (the
500th position). See captions for additional details.
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